http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutalism-of-ted-cruz.html?_r=0Quote
In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was sentenced to 16 years.
Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley go for time served, Cruz took the case to the Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full 16 years.
Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some rule that you can’t confess error in your state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court system did finally let Haley out of prison, after six years.
The case reveals something interesting about Cruz’s character.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutQuote
In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested
> after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was
> a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison
> term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a
> habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the
> defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was
> sentenced to 16 years.
>
> Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley
> tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of
> Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley
> go for time served, Cruz took the case to the
> Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full
> 16 years.
>
> Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some
> rule that you can’t confess error in your
> state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court
> system did finally let Haley out of prison, after
> six years.
>
> The case reveals something interesting about
> Cruz’s character.
http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-freed-child-rapist-laughed-about-it/Quote
WHAT'S TRUE: In 1975, young lawyer Hillary Rodham was appointed to represent a defendant charged with raping a 12-year-old girl. Clinton reluctantly took on the case, which ended with a plea bargain for the defendant.
WHAT'S FALSE: Hillary Clinton did not volunteer to be the defendant's lawyer, she did not laugh about the the case's outcome, she did not assert that the complainant "made up the rape story," she did not claim she knew the defendant to be guilty, and she did not "free" the defendant.
> http://www.snopes.com/hillary-clinton-freed-child-Quote
WHAT'S TRUE: In 1975, young lawyer
> Hillary Rodham was appointed to represent a
> defendant charged with raping a 12-year-old girl.
> Clinton reluctantly took on the case, which ended
> with a plea bargain for the defendant.
>
> WHAT'S FALSE: Hillary Clinton did not volunteer to
> be the defendant's lawyer, she did not laugh about
> the the case's outcome, she did not assert that
> the complainant "made up the rape story," she did
> not claim she knew the defendant to be guilty, and
> she did not "free" the defendant.
> >Quote
WHAT'S TRUE: In 1975, young lawyer
> > Hillary Rodham was appointed to represent a
> > defendant charged with raping a 12-year-old
> girl.
> > Clinton reluctantly took on the case, which
> ended
> > with a plea bargain for the defendant.
> >
> > WHAT'S FALSE: Hillary Clinton did not volunteer
> to
> > be the defendant's lawyer, she did not laugh
> about
> > the the case's outcome, she did not assert that
> > the complainant "made up the rape story," she
> did
> > not claim she knew the defendant to be guilty,
> and
> > she did not "free" the defendant.
> http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/12/opinion/the-brutQuote
In 1997, Michael Wayne Haley was arrested
> after stealing a calculator from Walmart. This was
> a crime that merited a maximum two-year prison
> term. But prosecutors incorrectly applied a
> habitual offender law. Neither the judge nor the
> defense lawyer caught the error and Haley was
> sentenced to 16 years.
>
> Eventually, the mistake came to light and Haley
> tried to fix it. Ted Cruz was solicitor general of
> Texas at the time. Instead of just letting Haley
> go for time served, Cruz took the case to the
> Supreme Court to keep Haley in prison for the full
> 16 years.
>
> Some justices were skeptical. “Is there some
> rule that you can’t confess error in your
> state?” Justice Anthony Kennedy asked. The court
> system did finally let Haley out of prison, after
> six years.
>
> The case reveals something interesting about
> Cruz’s character.